Lauren Ruth Mitchell and David Alexander Keef were united in marriage at 6:00 p.m. on June 30, 2007 at Sugar Land First United Methodist Church. Officiating the ceremony was Reverand Jeffrey McDowell and scripture reading was performed by Jennifer Bussell. Musical selections were provided by Brian Granquist, organist, and Kip Johnson, soloist. Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted dinner and dancing at Pecan Grove Plantation Country Club in Richmond. Friday night the groom’s parents hosted the rehearsal dinner at Adobe CafÈ.

Christine Mitchell attended her sister as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Shannon Davis and Maria Liberto, both college roommates of the bride. Michael Brown served his brother as best man and groomsmen were Joshua Wolfe and Dor Anis, friends of the groom. Ushers were Jerry Beasley, Nick Flores, Brian Owens and Chris Shaw, all friends and aerospace design teammates of the groom. The ring bearer was Cameron Bogan, cousin of the bride.

Lauren is the daughter of Jean and Jesse Mitchell of Sugar Land. David is the son of Martha Keef of Austin and Patsy and Randall Keef of Galveston.

Lauren is a graduate of Kempner High School in Sugar Land and of Texas A&M University where she received a degree in Industrial Engineering. She is employed as a wireless capacity planner at Texas Instruments in Dallas. David is a graduate of Ball High School in Galveston and of Texas A&M University where he received a degree in Aerospace Engineering. He is employed as a liaison engineer in production of the F-35 aircraft at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth.